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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Speed Oiling Party

I won a bottle of Orange at the party!

Friday
night, while my husband was out of town, I went to an oiling party.Ok, that sounds way dirtier than it actually
was.A friend of mine hosted a “Speed
Oiling” party.It’s like speed dating,
but instead of meeting guys, we “met” essential oils.I had a great time and definitely came away
with lots of new knowledge.

The
way the party worked was that there were six different stations and we were
supposed to have ten minutes at each station to learn about various uses for
the essential oils.I think we actually
spent closer to 15 minutes at each station, but that allowed us to go even more
in depth into each subject.

The
stations were:

1) Seed
to Seal:We learned about the Young
Living Premium Starter Kit (which is the one I have) and about how Young Living
owns the entire process – from when the seeds are planted through when the
plants are harvested and distilled into the oils and the oils are sealed in the
bottles. Key tip learned: rub Valor
on the big toe to help with snoring (Aaron has been snoring a lot lately).

2) Babies
& Kids: We learned tips and recipes for using the oils around young
children.They had a sample eczema
cream, much like the one I made a couple weeks ago.The biggest tip when using oils with babies
or kids is to be sure to dilute the oils if you are using topically.I tend to dilute the oils even for use on
adults, if nothing else, to make them last longer.Key
tip learned: rubbing Peace & Calming and Valor behind a kid’s ears to
help them sleep.

3) Pain
management:At this station we
discussed various pain management techniques.The ladies running this station also had a HUGE assortment of oils that
we could smell just to see what they smelled like.Some smelled great (grapefruit) and others
smelled not so great (oregano).Key tip learned: PanAway is like Icy
Hot and more. (I have now used it not only for sore muscles, but also to get
rid of a sinus headache.)

4) Back
to School: My kids aren’t in school yet, but they are in daycare, where the
toddlers are germ incubators.I may not
have had to pay attention to the anti-lice recipe, but I did pay attention to
the ways to avoid the germs that will inevitably come home with the kids from
incubating in my house (and by extension in me and my husband). Key tip learned: Make your own
antibacterial spray using Thieves and water.

5) Supplements
made by Young Living: I don’t remember the actual name of this
station.Basically it focused on
additional supplements that Young Living makes.There’s one for “ladies of a certain age” that the woman running the
station loved.I’m not even close to
that age, so it wasn’t all that relevant to me.They did discuss Ningxia Red, an energy supplement drink.I received some samples of this in the kit
and they let people take a sip of it at this station, but since I am
breastfeeding and avoiding anything with caffeine or that has the same effects
as caffeine, I decided to pass.

6) Sleep:
The last station I went to was about sleep. With a 3 month old at home, I am
definitely in desperate need of sleep.But
I will admit, that since it was the last station of the night, I was also a
little sleepy and don’t remember a lot of what we discussed.We did get to sample a sleep cream made with
lavender, lemon, coconut oil and some other oil that I don’t remember.Maybe it was cedar?I don’t know, all I know is that it smelled
delicious!

Biggest takeaway of the night: The
magic trio of Lavender, Peppermint and Lemon.This is known as the “allergy trio,” but it can be used for any type of
congestion.The day after the party,
Guinevere had a runny/stuffy nose, so I decided to try this trio out.I’m still paranoid about putting the oils
undiluted on my babies, so I mixed a few tablespoons of coconut oil with 1-2
drops of each oil and then put it on Guinevere behind her ears and on her
feet.Within a couple hours, her nose
cleared up.The next day Aaron came home
from a business trip with a runny nose and we tried it out on him (still
diluted, but less so) and by mid-morning, I noticed he wasn’t sniffling
anymore!He’s still a skeptic, so he
thinks it was either the shower he took or the oils . . . but he’s taken plenty
of showers with a runny nose before and the shower didn’t kill those runny
noses.

I’m
having so much fun playing around with my oils.The more I learn, the happier I am that I went ahead and invested in my
kit.Be warned, I absolutely plan on
more blog posts sharing all that I have learned.Do you have any fun oil tips?Have you tried any of the tips I learned at
the party?Did they work for you?